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Monday, March 3, 2014

Mutt or Meow Monday: Meet Bella, Shelley Munro's Mutt

Mutt
or Meow Monday is where we interview the author’s animal friends instead of interviewing
the author. Let’s see what the animals have to say!

It’s great to have
you here today.

Please introduce yourself.

My name
is Bella. I’m a Jack Russell cross, and my owners adopted me from the Humane
Society when I was a tiny puppy. They call me rambunctious but I rocked it at
puppy school because I’m very clever. My owners also call me bossy but I call
it attitude, and I have lots.

What’s your favorite book by Shelley
Munro and why?

I like
Shelley’s Talking Dog series because the dog Killer is very funny. All three
books in the series are fun, and the dog gets all the best lines. There’s book
one: Talking Dogs, Aliens and Purple People Eaters, book two: Never Send a Dog
to do a Woman’s Job and book three: Romantic Interlude.

Do you ever interrupt Shelley for
attention when she’s trying to write? Does she stop and give you attention, brush
you off, or bribe you with treats?

When it
suits me. That stupid lap top is always in the way when I want to jump on
Shelley for a cuddle and have a snooze on her lap. I can usually get an ear
scratch and a quick cuddle, and sometimes if I’m quick, I get to add some words
to Shelley’s story. She usually grumbles and has the cheek to delete my
contribution.

Maybe if
I annoy her enough she’ll add me into her book like she did with Scotty, the
dog she had before me.

Killer
is based on Scotty, you know. I’m waiting for the right book before I go into
sneaky mode to get myself written in as a character.

Does Shelley ever read her writing
to you? Do you like it?

Not really,
but she mutters an awful lot. She keeps waking me up while I’m trying to nap.

Has Shelley ever based one of her
characters on you? Which one?

As I
said earlier, I’m waiting for the right book before I start my subtle
maneuvering to grab a part in one of her books. It’s got to be the perfect
book.

What does Shelley do to celebrate when
she finishes writing a book?

She
takes me for an extra long walk, I get cuddles and she has a celebratory glass
of wine. Sometimes she has two glasses of wine.

What do you wish Shelley would do
with her writing time instead of writing?

She
already takes me for long walks. I think writing makes her happy and a happy
owner means quality cuddles.

What’s the best part about living
with an author?

She
stays home more often rather than going to work, and I’m never left alone for
long. I have my breakfast, patrol my section, have a snooze and sunbathe and
then Shelley is home and I’m allowed inside the big kennel.

What’s the worst part about living
with an author?

That stupid
laptop thing is always in the way, but apart from that I can’t complain.

Chicken,
bacon or cheese? Chicken! Shelley’s husband was half asleep the other night and
gave me his chicken breast instead of the special scraps for me. It was awesome
and very tasty. I ran away before he changed his mind.

Butt
sniffin’, leg humpin’, fluffy toys? I like my toys. I have inside toys and
outside ones, but I like to switch things up and move my toys around. I’m a bit
of a rebel when it comes to toys, and I’m not above stealing toys from other
careless dogs.

Final thoughts: I bark with a Kiwi accent. You
should come and visit me some time.

Sex.
Lily Morgan hasn’t had any since her husband ran off with his boyfriend. But
where will she find a man willing to overlook chronic clumsiness, dimpled
thighs and cellulite?

Sex.
Prince Alexandre Bellangere has too much. Sex, that is. Being treated as a sex
object is becoming a pain in the ass. Heck, he’s more than just a pretty face
and muscular body. Alex has brains and ambition.

But
Dalcon princes are expected to have sex, mate and breed royal undergrowns.
Determined to change his life, he sneaks from the palace and the planet
disguised as plain Alex Bell.

Shelley Munro is tall and curvaceous with blue eyes and
a smile that turns masculine heads everywhere she goes. She’s a university
tutor and an explorer/treasure hunter during her vacations. Skilled with
weapons and combat, she is currently in talks with a producer about a
television series based on her world adventures.

Shelley
is also a writer blessed with a VERY vivid imagination and lives with her own
hero in New Zealand. She writes mainly erotic romance in the contemporary,
paranormal and historical genres for publishers Carina Press, Ellora’s Cave and
Samhain Publishing. You can learn more about Shelley and her books at http://www.shelleymunro.com.